You will be choosing an important battle from the Civil War and creating a PowerPoint that describes your battle’s significance. You may work alone or with ONE partner. You must sign up for a particular battle; each battle may be done by only 1 group.
Creating the presentation
Mechanics of the PowerPoint (10 points):
Title of Battle with date(s)
Correct spelling
Visually appealing using color, appropriate size writing for people to be able to read, blocked information, pictures/maps
Map of Battle (10 points):
May be hand-drawn or printed from computer (if printed, cite source)
Important Person (20 points):
Name of person
Picture of person
May be hand-drawn or printed from computer (if printed, cite source)
Description of this person’s importance during your battle (5-7 sentences)
Battle Write-up (35 points):
Write a brief account of the battle (2 paragraphs of 5-7 sentences each)
Describe who was involved.
Why and where it took place?
Location
Landscape of battle
What was the result?
Casualties?
Winners?
Losers?
Did anyone important make a name for themselves in this battle or die?
Works Cited (5 points):
A Works Cited Page needs to be attached to the back of your presentation
Book: Last Name, First Name of Author. Book Title. City Published: Publisher, Year Published.
Website: Last Name, First Name of Author (if there is one). "Title of Page." Name of Entire Website. Year last updated. Organization who posted it. Date you looked at it. Entire website address.
I am looking for your own fresh insight into your chosen battle. I am not looking for regurgitated, encyclopedia heavy information.
Make sure any internet sites are sites with a .org, .edu, .gov ending
If you are not sure ask me!
ANY plagiarism results in a zero on the entire project.
Welcome to Mr. Niklaus US History Wiki
Civil War Battle Project
You will be choosing an important battle from the Civil War and creating a PowerPoint that describes your battle’s significance. You may work alone or with ONE partner. You must sign up for a particular battle; each battle may be done by only 1 group.
Creating the presentation
Mechanics of the PowerPoint (10 points):
Map of Battle (10 points):
Important Person (20 points):
Battle Write-up (35 points):
Works Cited (5 points):
List of Potential Battles
Please click here to access a list of online resources that you can use for this project.